and that any remaining vacancies were to be carried
forward to the next phase of recruitment. Consequently, all
further appointments for the post of Panchayat Teacher were
discontinued. Furthermore, Letter No. 465, dated 09.07.2012,
issued by the Principal Secretary, Education Department,
explicitly directed that the remaining vacancies from the second
phase be merged with the vacancies of the third phase of
recruitment.
16. Upon bare perusal of the records, it is evidently
clear that the first phase of recruitment was concluded in the year
2007, while the second phase was concluded in 2010. In light of
this, it is indisputable that the petitioners approached the District
Appellate Authorities only after the closure of both the first and
second phases of the recruitment process. Furthermore, it is an
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admitted fact that the petitioners were not appointed to the said
post by December 2010. Moreover, any vacancies that arose in
February 2012 would be categorized as future vacancies and
could not be considered under the concluded phases of the
recruitment process as it is a well settled principle of law and
upheld by the Hon’ble apex court in the case of State of Orissa v.
Rajkishore Nanda, reported in (2010) 6 SCC 777 and in
particular in para-11, what has been stated, is being reproduced
herein below :